Pasir Puteh (federal constituency)

Pasir Puteh

Kelantan constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Nik Mazian Nik Mohamad PAS
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Pasir Puteh is a federal constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1959.

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kedai Menanti, Danan, Bukit Merbau, Tualang, Tasik Pauh, Selising, Padang Pak Omar, Banir Belikong, Bukit Abal, Berangan, Alor Geliong, Bukit Bidang, Jelor, Kampung Nara, Kampung Merkang, Padang Pak Amat, Panggong, Permatang Sungkai, Kampung Seligi, Cherang Tuli, Saring, Alor Pasir, Gong Serapat, Bandar Pasir Puteh, Dalam Kemunting, Temila, Tok Bali, Kampung Lembah, Gong Kulim, Bukit Tanah, Gong Manok, Pekan Cherang Ruku, Dalam Rhu, Gong Tapang, Pulau Lima, Sungai Petai, Jeram, Telipok, Telosan, Gong Garu, Batu Hitam, Kampung Raja, Gaal, Gong Datok, Kandis, Bukit Yong, Gong Nangka, Bukit Awang.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Pasir Puteh
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	Mohamad Asri Muda	PMIP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	Mohamed Asri Muda	PMIP
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Wan Sulaiman Ibrahim	PMIP
	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978
5th	1978-1982	Wan Mohd. Najib Wan Mohamad
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Wan Omar Wan Majid
8th	1990-1995		S46
9th	1995-1999	Mohamed Abdullah
10th	1999-2004	Alwi Jusoh	PAS
11th	2004-2008	Kalthom Othman
12th	2008-2013	Muhammad Husin
13th	2013-present	Nik Mazian Nik Mohamad

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nik Mazian Nik Mohamad	33,579	51.45
	BN	Tuan Mustaffa Tuan Mat	31,691	48.55
Total valid votes			65,270	100.00
Total rejected ballots			770
Unreturned ballots			192
Turnout			66,232	86.85
Registered electors			76,259
Majority			1,888
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Muhammad Husin	28,365	53.76
	BN	Amran Mat Nor	24,397	46.24
Total valid votes			52,762	100.00
Total rejected ballots			886
Unreturned ballots			130
Turnout			53,778	83.52
Registered electors			64,393
Majority			3,968
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Kalthom Othman	27,018	53.79
	BN	Che Min Che Ahmad	23,208	46.21
Total valid votes			50,226	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,184
Unreturned ballots			266
Turnout			51,676	90.17
Registered electors
Majority			3,810
	PAS hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Alwi Jusoh	25,373	59.55
	BN	Kamarudin Md. Nor	16,962	39.81
	AKIM	Hasim Othman	274	0.64
Total valid votes			42,609	100.00
Total rejected ballots			821
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			43,485	76.59
Registered electors
Majority			8,411
	PAS gain from S46		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Mohamed Abdullah	21,837	54.56
	BN	Kamarudin Md. Nor	18,185	45.44
Total valid votes			40,022	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,177
Unreturned ballots			130
Turnout			41,329	76.33
Registered electors
Majority			3,652
	S46 hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	S46	Wan Omar Wan Majid	17,824	63.12
	BN	Kamaruddin Md. Nor	10,104	35.78
	Independent	Tengku Sihar Tengku Abdul Kadir	309	1.09
Total valid votes			28,237	100.00
Total rejected ballots			590
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			28,827	80.61
Registered electors
Majority			7,720
	S46 gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Omar Wan Majid	13,724	55.61
	PAS	Wan Mustaffa Rusydi	10,955	44.39
Total valid votes			24,679	100.00
Total rejected ballots			669
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,348	77.18
Registered electors			32,842
Majority			2,769
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Mohd. Najib Wan Mohamad
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Mohd. Najib Wan Mohamad
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Sulaiman Ibrahim
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN gain from PMIP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Wan Sulaiman Ibrahim
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Majority
	PMIP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Mohamad Asri Muda
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
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Majority
	PMIP hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Mohamad Asri Muda
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.